Creationism in Canada

[Jazer]

(that an historical, real, literal, Adam can be fully consistent with Theistic Evolution)

A literal Adam is consistant with the study of DNA. The Bible is a history of the Hebrew people and Adam was the first Hebrew that we read about in the Bible. If he had a belly button or not does not make the Bible any more or less true.

 

[theFijian]

Hi all,

Just remember, the road to eternal life is narrow and few there be that find it. Based on those words by my Savior, I wouldn't really expect a majority to believe the truth.

God bless.
In Christ, Ted

Neither does being in the minority mean that you believe the truth.

 

[Papias]

Shernren wrote:

Adam was the resuscitation of a hominid child who was stillborn due to a chromosomal fusion, which could incorporate both our biological continuity with chimpanzees and our biological distinctives.

Interesting.....

Yes, I suppose my post was mainly wondering if he had heard the "literal Adam" view of theistic evolution. Sounds like he might not have heard it. He may find it useful.

Yes, his statements about the Omphalos hypothesis show that he has at least thought about this a decent amount. Thanks for the reply-

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[mark kennedy]

A new poll just came out re: the prevalence of creationism in Canada. Some of the findings:

"A new national poll discussed in the Toronto Globe and Mail (March 21, 2011) indicates that 14 percent of Canadians think that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years, while 19 percent think that humans evolved over time but through divine guidance and 58 percent think that humans evolved through natural selection."

Canada seems to have followed the trend from Europe from a religious culture to a secular one. I'm not knocking Canada for this, I served with some of them in Afghanistan and I have nothing but respect and admiration for them as a people. The fact is that the United States has been in a post Christian state since sometime after WWII.

I had a communion service with a Canadian minister at the DFAC (chow hall) on our dusty, dirty little FOB in southern Afghanistan on Easter, we were the only ones in attendance. He was Episcopalian and he told me how the conservative branch of that denomination in his country had dwindled to an insignificant minority.

I'm not alarmed by this, I think it's just a trend not unlike the certain ones that have happened to the Church historically. I don't really mind that so many Canadians are evolutionists, they still make the best maple syrup and no down turn in religious sensibilities is going to change that.

Grace and peace,

 

[Papias]

Mark wrote:

Canada seems to have followed the trend from Europe from a religious culture to a secular one.

Indeed, though it's not a "European" thing - every western region has done the same. North American, Europe, Australia, etc. The U. S. too - though some in the U.S. think it's other countries, it's just that the US started later and so is not as far along. % Christian in the US has been dropping since the 1960's, from 90+ %, to 90, 86, 84, 81, 79, 77, down to the mid 70's today.

In fact, it may even be lower, as recent research has found that church attendence here is actually similar to Europe, but that polls show it as much higher because Americans are much more likely to lie about whether they went to church or not. It was terrible to learn this, but the research is here: Why do Americans claim to be more religious than they are? - By Shankar Vedantam - Slate Magazine


For example:

In a more recent study, Hadaway estimated that if the number of Americans who told Gallup pollsters that they attended church in the last week were accurate, about 118 million Americans would be at houses of worship each week. By calculating the number of congregations (including non-Christian congregations) and their average attendance, Hadaway estimated that in reality about 21 percent of Americans attended religious services weekly—exactly half the number who told pollsters they did.

Honesty. We need to reclaim it as a Christian virtue.

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